Historical figures in Rome
The atlas holds 173 people and 384 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Augustus, Galileo Galilei and Michelangelo. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Philosophers, across the Space Age and the Cold War.
Notable people
Richard Nixon
from 1969 to 1970
2 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Ronald Reagan
from 1982 to 1990
4 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Saint Peter
from 42 to 64
2 moments here
Simon Peter, also called Cephas, was a Galilean fisherman and leading figure among Jesus’ disciples and the early Jerusalem movement.…
Salvador Dalí
from 1948 to 1949
2 moments here
Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…
Sebastián Piñera
from 2011 to 2021
5 moments here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Seneca the Younger
from 5 to 65
6 moments here
Lucius Annaeus Seneca, commonly called Seneca the Younger, was a Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and statesman.…
Sergei Rachmaninoff
in 1912
1 moment here
Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Born in the Novgorod Governorate of the Russian Empire, he studied and worked chiefly in Saint…
Sigmund Freud
in 1923
1 moment here
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Silvio Berlusconi
from 1977 to 2022
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Italian media entrepreneur, owner of AC Milan, and politician who served three terms as prime minister of Italy (1994–1995, 2001–2006, and…
Simón Bolívar
in 1805
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Venezuelan military and political leader known as El Libertador. Bolívar led revolutionary campaigns that helped secure the independence of…
Stephen Hawking
in 1981
1 moment here
English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author whose work on singularities, black-hole thermodynamics, and Hawking radiation reshaped modern…
Strabo
from 44 BC to 7 BC
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Greek geographer and historian from Amaseia in Pontus. The dates are approximate: ancient and modern sources give his birth as 64 or 63 BC and his…
Sushma Swaraj
in 2018
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Sydney Brenner
in 1990
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Tacitus
from 88 to 104
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Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman historian, senator, orator, and provincial governor. His birth date and place are uncertain; he was probably…
Theodore Roosevelt
in 1870
1 moment here
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…
Thomas Aquinas
from 1244 to 1265
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Italian Dominican friar, priest, theologian, and philosopher. His documented movements connected family residences in southern Italy, Dominican and…
Trần Đại Quang
in 2016
1 moment here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Ulysses S. Grant
in 1878
1 moment here
Ulysses S. Grant was an American army officer, Union commander during the Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States.…
Virgil
from 55 BC to 36 BC
3 moments here
Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was a Roman poet of the Augustan age and the author of the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.…
William Faulkner
in 1955
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose work was closely associated with Oxford and north Mississippi.…
William Howard Taft
in 1902
1 moment here
William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
William Makepeace Thackeray
in 1853
1 moment here
English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…
Willy Brandt
in 1970
1 moment here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Moments
- 1972 The Way of the Dragon Colosseum filming Bruce Lee
- 1973 Amarcord set at Cinecittà Federico Fellini
- 1973 Private visit to Rome Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1975 Audience with Pope Paul VI Gerald Ford
- 1976 Italy trip inspiring Hammer and Sickle Andy Warhol
- 1976 First Vatican visit Anwar Sadat
- 1977 Rome residence Anthony Quinn
- 1977 Travel in Italy Jorge Luis Borges
- 1977 Order of Merit for Labour ceremony Silvio Berlusconi
- 1978 Election as Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
- 1978 First public appearance as pope Pope John Paul II
- 1980 Move to Piazza Campo Marzio Italo Calvino
- 1980 Audience with Pope John Paul II Jimmy Carter
- 1980 Rome and Venice visit Jimmy Carter
- 1980 State visit to Rome Elizabeth II
- 1981 Travel to Rome Jorge Luis Borges
- 1981 Meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican Maurice Wilkins
- 1981 No-boundary presentation at Vatican conference Stephen Hawking
- 1981 Meeting Pope John Paul II Desmond Tutu
- 1981 Shot in St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II
- 1981 Roman curial prefecture Pope Benedict XVI
- 1982 Meets Pope John Paul II Ronald Reagan
- 1982 Visits Rome Ronald Reagan
- 1983 Hospitalized while visiting the Pope Mother Teresa
- 1983 Visit to Mehmet Ali Ağca in prison Pope John Paul II
- 1984 Berlinguer funeral delegation Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1984 Meeting Carlos Castaneda Federico Fellini
- 1985 Private audience at the Holy See Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1986 Visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome Pope John Paul II
- 1987 Meeting Pope John Paul II Diego Maradona
- 1987 Returns to Vatican City Ronald Reagan
- 1989 Meeting with Pope John Paul II Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990 Gardens of the World filming in Italy Audrey Hepburn
- 1990 Adriano Buzzati Traverso Lecture Sydney Brenner
- 1990 World Cup final against West Germany Diego Maradona
- 1990 Audience with pope at Vatican Ronald Reagan
- 1991 Lecture at Accademia dei Lincei Abdus Salam
- 1993 Transfer to Policlinico Umberto I Federico Fellini
- 1993 Death in Rome Federico Fellini
- 1994 Rome hospitalization Kurt Cobain
- 1994 Second Christmas Concert at the Vatican Mercedes Sosa
- 1998 Meets Pope John Paul II Nelson Mandela
- 2001 Created cardinal in Rome Pope Francis
- 2001 Cardinal-title installation Pope Francis
- 2002 Theatrical tour of Italy Claudia Cardinale
- 2003 EU-Russia summit chaired Silvio Berlusconi
- 2004 Meeting with Vice President Cheney Silvio Berlusconi
- 2004 Bush visit to Villa Madama Silvio Berlusconi
- 2005 Inauguration Mass Pope Benedict XVI
- 2005 Papal election Pope Benedict XVI